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The Black Company. nothing beats it.
honor herrington. again few thing come close.
Grunts
Starship trooper. (all time favorite)
The dresden files
i could go on and on. but those were most of the highlights of my reading experiance.

"honor herrington. again few thing come close."

Yeah...I've stayed the hell away from those books because I know the author... David Weber is a native of my own Greenville, SC, and he used to be an interesting fellow - a bit of a joker and raconteur - but I'm afraid he's gone around the bend into full-on Tea-bagger tinfoil-hat paranoid schizophrenia. Last time I saw him, he frothed at the mouth about Obama, fascism, communism and illegal FBI surveillance (yeah, they're all evidently connected) and pulled out a .45 pistol that he evidently carries around all the time...

...If you meet him at a convention, you've been warned!

Commissar Molotov wrote:
Yeah...I've stayed the hell away from those books because I know the author... David Weber is a native of my own Greenville, SC, and he used to be an interesting fellow - a bit of a joker and raconteur - but I'm afraid he's gone around the bend into full-on Tea-bagger tinfoil-hat paranoid schizophrenia. Last time I saw him, he frothed at the mouth about Obama, fascism, communism and illegal FBI surveillance (yeah, they're all evidently connected) and pulled out a .45 pistol that he evidently carries around all the time...

Well that's a shame. You'd never guess, even from his recent writing (A Mighty Fortress-very soon )

I've read a few Magic: the Gathering books, although nothing can compare to The Thran (The ending is a real tear-jerker, no matter which side you hoped to see win). I'm also a huge fan of the Halo novels, which are very well-written and at times incredibly epic. Contact Harvest was simply amazing. Another great one (Albeit aimed at more of a teen audience) is the Midnighters Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld - the concept alone is really cool, and the finale of the third book is fantastic.

Oh, and I have to mention the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Harry Dresden is awesome, though the author really likes to have bad things happen to him.

Alpharius wrote:

Some of it is positively brain twisting though - "Feersum Endjinn" anyone?

Probably the best of the Culture series.

Mad Rabbit wrote:

Alpharius wrote:

Some of it is positively brain twisting though - "Feersum Endjinn" anyone?

Probably the best of the Culture series.

I'm pretty sure that's not set in the Culture, or anywhere near it...

Graphic novels count?


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if not then,....war of the worlds. if so, Aliens.

The zombie survival guide by Max Brooks is currently one of my favorite books.

Second for me is World War Z also by Max Brooks.

Book that changed my views on the human condition was Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

Funniest book for me is The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

I love anything by robert rankin and terry pratchett
also david drake (especially hammers slammers)
the flashman series
phillip k dick although i find they make sense until after i finish reading them, then i just get really confused
oh yeah i also like ww2 pulp fiction (leo kessler/sven hassell) just real trash fiction

Favorite book's gotta be To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Also quite a fan of all the short stories written by Jose Luis Borges. Extremely clever, thought-provoking stuff.

Commissar Molotov wrote:"honor herrington. again few thing come close."

Yeah...I've stayed the hell away from those books because I know the author... David Weber is a native of my own Greenville, SC, and he used to be an interesting fellow - a bit of a joker and raconteur - but I'm afraid he's gone around the bend into full-on Tea-bagger tinfoil-hat paranoid schizophrenia. Last time I saw him, he frothed at the mouth about Obama, fascism, communism and illegal FBI surveillance (yeah, they're all evidently connected) and pulled out a .45 pistol that he evidently carries around all the time...

...If you meet him at a convention, you've been warned!

good to know, though i have never felt the need to meet any favorite author of mine. still Weber's Herrington series IS one of the best ever writen for military Sci fi. so if your avioding them, know that your missing out on a wonderful experiance.

The perfume by Patrick Suskind, one of the best books ever

The Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin
Starship Troopers by Heinlein
Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Armor by Steakley
The Dragonlance Chronicles (childhood favorite)
Harry Potter
Dresden Files

Ultrafool wrote:The zombie survival guide by Max Brooks is currently one of my favorite books.

Second for me is World War Z also by Max Brooks.

Book that changed my views on the human condition was Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

Funniest book for me is The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

+1 for Max Brooks ,World War Z & The Zombie survival guide are two of my personal favorites.
+ 1 for Lord of the Flies as well.
However,funniest book I have to give to "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
... Also, "Hustler" counts as a "Non-Black library book"..right?

My faviorite books are probably...

The war of 2020( really long, but very good)
Halo:Contact Harvest (If you mock me I'll throw something through the internet straight at you).

FITZZ wrote:... Also, "Hustler" counts as a "Non-Black library book"..right?

I think anything that may contain the words "poop chute" can be disqualified as literature.

fraggrenade wrote:
Halo:Contact Harvest.

Win.

Have you read Ghost's of Onyx or The Cole protocol?

Ranger's Apprentice
Lord of the Rings (though recently I've found them boring.)
Some comedy book I can't seem to remember the name of
Warriors (first 6 were good, but after that they got goddamn redundant. Every single one was just like the one before after the first six.)

Tolkien,books in the Elder Scrolls and Isaac Asimov books.

Valhallan42nd wrote:The Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin

Yes!

Though the wait between books is killing me!

He needs to spend WAY LESS time on his blog talking about the JETS and the GIANTS and more time WRITING!

Valhallan42nd wrote:
The Dragonlance Chronicles (childhood favorite)

Haven't thought about those in a long time!

Of course, I read them as they were released (up through the original story arc), so it was a while ago!

IvanTih wrote:Tolkien,books in the Elder Scrolls and Isaac Asimov books.

There are books based in Cyrodiil? WANT!

the Night Angel Trilogy, Wheel of Time series, and Villains by Necessity are my favorite books, though I will read just about anything put in front of me.

Have you read Ghost's of Onyx or The Cole protocol?

I have read Cole Protocol.
But i have not Ghost's of Onyx, can't seem to find the book!

It's awesome, and I found it easily.. in Europe! XD

It's about the Spartan III project. :3

Have read most of the Halo novels, they are a brilliant read
Also, anything by Dale Brown and Tom Clancy
And alot of the Star Wars novels, especially those by Timothy Zahn and the X-Wing series

For some of my favorites:

Most stuff by Roger Zelazny, especially, Lord of Light, My Name is Legion, and the Amber series
Asimov's Foundation series and the Robot series.
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
Snow Crash, Diamond Age, and pretty much anything non-Baroque cycle by Neil Stephenson
The Sprawl trillogy by William Gibson

and for non-fiction, I highly recommend Freakonomics.

1984,
Private Peaceful,
The kite runner,
The hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy,

These are just from the top of my head and I cant remember any more for the life of me.

Personally, I wasn't that impressed with His Dark Materials; I only read the first one, picked up the second book expecting it to pick up where the first one left off. I was exceptionally disappointed.

The Adventures of Captain Alatriste (Arturo Perez-Reverte)
The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone (Greg Keyes)
The Belgariad (David Eddings)

Just about anything true-life military or espionage. I particularly liked Sniper One (Sgt Dan Mills) and I'm currently reading Vengeance (George Jonas), which inspired the movie Munich.

Anything by Percival L. Everett (Glyph, Erasure, American dessert)

Anything by Richard Dawkins (God Delusion, Greatest show on earth)

Anything by Douglas Adams. (Hitchhikers GTTG, Dirk Gentlys)

Most of Terry Pratchetts' books!

Urgh!!! My dad reads Richard Dawkins, funny thing is, I'm Christian and my dad is the second most profound aetheist I've ever met. Believe me, I know people are entitled to their opinions and I'm not trying to start a fire or something like that.